A DAILY PUBLIC RADIO PROGRAM FEATURING NEWS ANALYSIS OF THE DAY'S TOP ISSUES

Background Briefing: March 13, 2023

China Brings Diplomacy to the Middle East Where the US Has Wasted Trillions on Endless Wars We begin with the deal brokered by China between bitter enemies Saudi Arabia and Iran to restore diplomatic relations which casts China as the peacemaker in a region where the...

Background Briefing: March 12, 2023

  An "Invitation" to Trump to Testify Before a Manhattan Grand Jury Will Likely be Followed by the First Indictment of a President in US History We begin with the looming indictment of Donald Trump, the first time in history for an American president following an...

Background Briefing: March 9, 2023

More Damning Texts and Emails Show That Fox News Considers Telling the Truth Bad For Business We begin with more damning texts and emails from court filings in the case of Dominion Voting Systems versus Fox News which reveal how Fox's top anchors like Tucker Carlson...

Background Briefing: March 8, 2023

The Fed Chair is asked if he is OK With Putting 2 Million Americans Out of Work by Raising Interest Rates to Curb Inflation We begin with yesterday's testimony by Fed Chair Jerome Powell before the Senate Banking Committee in which he was challenged by Senator...

Background Briefing: March 7, 2023

Environmental Protestors in Georgia Are Charged With Domestic Terrorism for Exercising Their First Amendment Rights We begin with the mass arrests of environmental protesters charged with domestic terrorism under a Georgia law for exercising their first amendment...

Background Briefing: March 6, 2023

  Trump's Bizarre Fact-Free Speech to CPAC Where He Out-Polled DeSantis for the Nomination 3 to 1 We begin with Trump's bizarre fact-free speech at the CPAC gathering over the weekend where he won the Republican presidential nomination straw poll by a three to...

Background Briefing: March 5, 2023

  Can Germany Persuade its Biggest Trading Partner China to to Bring Russia to the Peace Table? We begin with Friday's White House working visit by Germany's Chancellor Scholz and assess whether Germany can persuade its biggest trading partner China to bring...

Background Briefing: March 2, 2023

  With Biden's First Veto of a Culture War Absurdity "Woke Capitalism" Which Does Not Exist, Is Ron DeSantis Setting the Republican Agenda? We begin with the latest absurdity in the Republican culture wars with the first veto Biden is poised to exercise now that...

Background Briefing: March 1, 2023

  Amid Rising U.S./ China Tensions, the House Holds a Hearing of Its New Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party We begin with worsening relations with China following the spy balloon, compounded by concerns that China might arm Russia in its war against...

Background Briefing: February 28, 2023

Bombshells in Unsealed Deposition Have Murdoch Revealing Biden's Ads and Debate Strategy to Trump We begin with Rupert Murdoch's testimony in the deposition that was unsealed in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit seeking $1.6 billion in damages from Fox...

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